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4Any function of the Lord Chancellor under these provisions—

A: GENERAL

  • Sheriffs Act 1887 (c. 55)

  • Section 20

  • Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 (c. 21)

  • Section 8

  • Stamp Act 1891 (c. 39)

  • Section 13A

  • War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53)

  • The Schedule, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9

  • Administration of Justice Act 1925 (c. 28)

  • Section 22(4)

  • Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 4, 5, 11, 12 and 20

  • Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 (c. 75)

  • Section 8

  • London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)

  • Section 109(2)

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39)

  • The Schedule, paragraphs 2(1), 2A, 2B, 3C and 5

  • Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59)

  • Section 61(1)

  • Section 64(10)

  • Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48)

  • Schedule 9

  • Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949 (c. 39)

  • Section 6(4)

  • Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42)

  • Section 2

  • Section 3

  • National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 (c. 93)

  • Section 7(6)

  • Section 9(4)(a)

  • National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)

  • Section 18(3)

  • Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (c. 12)

  • Section 1(1)

  • Section 4

  • Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46)

  • Section 28

  • Section 30

  • Section 31(4)

  • Section 32

  • Section 33

  • Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

  • Section 5

  • Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 39)

  • Section 6(6)

  • Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56)

  • Section 63(6)(c)

  • Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c. 30)

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 4(3) and (4)

  • Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33)

  • Section 3

  • Transport Act 1962 (c. 46)

  • Schedule 6, paragraph 3(4)

  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2)

  • Section 29

  • Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (1963 No. 1)

  • Section 2(1A)

  • Section 3

  • Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12)

  • Section 69

  • Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)

  • Section 17(1) and (3)

  • Superannuation Act 1965 (c. 74)

  • Section 39A

  • Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20)

  • Section 2

  • Section 5

  • Section 7(2)

  • Section 30

  • Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)

  • Section 15A(3)

  • Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 (c. 50)

  • Section 5(3)

  • Section 6(4)

  • Section 10(6)

  • Section 13

  • Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)

  • Schedule 4, paragraph 13(3)

  • Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9)

  • Section 2

  • Section 2A

  • Section 3

  • Section 3A

  • Section 4(1), (3) and (6)

  • Section 4A(1) and (6)

  • Section 28ZC

  • Section 46A

  • Section 56B

  • Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31)

  • Section 10(3)

  • Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)

  • Section 16(1)

  • Section 18

  • Section 21(2), (4) and (7)

  • Section 24

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 4(3) and 9(2)

  • Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 1(1), 3 and 4 and, in the table in paragraph 21, the entry for paragraph 1

  • Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)

  • Section 22

  • Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)

  • Sections 9 and 12

  • Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

  • Section 2

  • Section 3(1)

  • Section 5(1)

  • Section 8

  • Section 19

  • Section 21

  • Section 23(2)

  • Industry Act 1975 (c. 68)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 4(1)(a) and 17

  • Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

  • Section 6(3), (4), (8) and (11)

  • Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3)

  • Section 42

  • Schedule 7, paragraph 5(1)

  • F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)

  • Section 2(3)

  • Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

  • Schedule 3, paragraph 17(4)

  • Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

  • Section 137

  • Section 144(2) and (3)

  • Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20)

  • Section 3

  • Section 5

  • Section 7

  • Section 10

  • Section 11

  • Section 13

  • Section 13A

  • Section 14A

  • Section 23

  • Section 29B

  • Section 32A

  • Section 33A

  • Schedule 1, paragraph 3(3)

  • Schedule 1A, paragraphs 2 and 11

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 2(2)

  • British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 12(3)

  • Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)

  • Section 9(8)

  • Section 11(7) and (8)

  • Section 12

  • Section 54(3)

  • Section 57(4)(a)

  • Section 71(4)(a)

  • Section 74

  • Section 75

  • Section 91(6)

  • Section 92(1) and (3A)

  • Section 98

  • Section 102(1)

  • Section 126

  • Section 133

  • Section 140(4)

  • Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

  • Section 28N(3)

  • Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)

  • Section 66(4)(a)

  • Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)

  • Section 25(3)(a) and (c)

  • Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

  • Section 78

  • Section 143(1)

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3

  • Car Tax Act 1983 (c. 53)

  • Section 3(5)

  • County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)

  • Section 8(1) and (3)

  • Section 12(1)

  • Section 128

  • Section 130

  • Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42)

  • Section 37

  • Ordnance Factories and Military Services Act 1984 (c. 59)

  • Schedule 1, paragraph 2(5)

  • Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 2(1)(a)

  • Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 2(1)(a), 3(4) and (5), 6, 7, 15 and 16

  • Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70)

  • Section 29(4)

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)

  • Section 117

  • Section 413

  • Section 414

  • Section 415

  • Section 420(1)

  • Section 421(1)

  • Schedule 7, paragraph 1(1)(a)

  • Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 (1986 No. 2)

  • Section 4(1)(a)

  • Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)

  • Section 706(1)

  • Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)

  • Section 17A

  • Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

  • Schedule 12

  • Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)

  • Schedule 10, paragraph 9(4)

  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

  • Section 145(2)

  • Section 146(6)

  • Section 150

  • Section 291(5)

  • Section 292

  • Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)

  • Schedule 10, paragraph 9(2)(a)

  • Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

  • Section 104(1)

  • Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)

  • Schedule 9, paragraph 5(5)(a)

  • Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

  • Section 20(5)

  • Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)

  • Section 1

  • Section 72

  • Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)

  • Section 8

  • Section 22

  • Section 24

  • Section 25

  • Section 52(1)

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 1(3), 2(1) and (2), 2A(1), 4(1), 4A(1) and 7

  • Ports Act 1991 (c. 52)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 11(5)

  • Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)

  • Section 31(1)

  • Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62)

  • Schedule 1

  • Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (1991 No. 1)

  • Section 25(2)(a)

  • Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

  • Section 24

  • Section 41(4)(c)

  • Section 43(5)(c)

  • Section 50(4)(c)

  • Section 51(1)

  • Section 52(2)

  • Section 58

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 6

  • Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)

  • Schedule 5, paragraph 7(4)

  • Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48)

  • Section 75

  • Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)

  • Section 6(2), (8) and (9)

  • Section 9

  • Section 13

  • Section 15

  • Section 16(2)

  • Schedule 5, paragraph 7(4)

  • Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)

  • Section 1

  • Section 2

  • Section 3

  • Section 9

  • Section 10

  • Section 11

  • Section 12

  • Section 13

  • Section 19

  • Section 20

  • Section 21

  • Section 26(5), (6) and (9)

  • Section 31

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 2, 11, 12 and 13

  • Schedule 2A, paragraphs 1 and 2

  • Schedule 5, as it applies in relation to the office of chairman or other member of Rent Assessment Committees

  • Schedule 7, paragraph 2

  • Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 8(6)(a)

  • Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)

  • Schedule 12, paragraphs 2(2) and (3), 3(2), (4), (5), (6) and (8), 4(2), 7(8) and (10), and 9

  • Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)

  • Section 77

  • Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

  • Section 297(1)

  • Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995 (c. 37)

  • Schedule 1, paragraph 10(6)(a)

  • Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)

  • Section 3

  • Section 22(1)(c) and (2)

  • Section 27

  • Section 30

  • Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)

  • Section 90

  • Section 91

  • Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

  • Schedule 6, paragraph 1(a)

  • Arbitration Act 1996 (c. 23)

  • Section 91(3)(c)

  • Section 105

  • Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31)

  • Section 9(1)(c)

  • Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

  • Section 119(3)

  • Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55)

  • Schedule 5, paragraph 8(6)(a)

  • Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

  • Section 333(3)

  • School Inspections Act 1996 (c. 57)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 1(1)(a)

  • Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12)

  • Section 3

  • Section 6

  • Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)

  • Section 10

  • Section 10A(1)

  • Section 10B(1)

  • Section 27B

  • Section 29

  • Section 30

  • Section 30B

  • Section 30C

  • Section 31

  • Section 32A

  • Section 34

  • Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 11(2)

  • Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 2(1), 13 and 16

  • Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c. 68)

  • Section 5

  • Section 8

  • Schedule 1, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4

  • Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)

  • Section 5(1)

  • Section 6(1) to (4)

  • Section 79

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 1(2), 2, 3, 6 and 8

  • Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)

  • Section 6(4)

  • Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

  • Section 51

  • Section 51D

  • Section 81

  • Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42)

  • Schedule 4

  • Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)

  • Section 13

  • Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14)

  • The Schedule, paragraphs 2(1) and (3), and 3

  • Finance Act 1999 (c. 16)

  • Schedule 17, paragraph 11

  • Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)

  • Section 189(6)

  • Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30)

  • Section 43

  • Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

  • Section 53(6)

  • Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 2

  • [F3Schedule 10]

  • Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)

  • Schedule 13, paragraphs 2, 3(1) and (4), 4, 5, 6 and 9

  • Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5

  • Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

  • Schedule 7, paragraph 20

  • Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)

  • Section 75

  • Section 76(11)

  • International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17)

  • Schedule 1, paragraph 7

  • Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)

  • Schedule 6, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5

  • Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)

  • Section 107(1)

  • Schedule 9, paragraphs 2, 5, 6 and 7

  • Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15)

  • Schedule 12, paragraph 5(3)

  • Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

  • Section 65

  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

  • Section 320(3)(b)

  • Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)

  • Section 12(2)(a) and (b)

  • Section 16

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3

  • Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)

  • Section 16

  • Section 81

  • Section 106

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7

  • Schedule 5, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11

  • Finance Act 2003 (c. 14)

  • Schedule 17, paragraphs 6 to 10

  • Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 4(7)(a)

  • Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

  • Section 1

  • Section 22(1)

  • Section 27

  • Section 35

  • Section 36

  • Section 37

  • Section 51

  • Section 61

  • Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 6

  • Schedule 5, paragraph 43

  • Schedule 6, paragraph 1

  • Schedule 7, paragraphs 2 and 12

  • Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

  • Section 168(4)

  • Section 169

  • Section 170

  • Section 171

  • Section 173

  • [F4National Health Service Act 2006]

  • [F5Schedule 13, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 6, 15, 16 and 21.]

B: LEGISLATION RELATING TO NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 20 (N.I.))

  • Section 11A

  • Section 16

  • Schedule 4, paragraph 3

  • Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15 (N.I.))

  • Section 1

  • Section 5A

  • Section 11(3)

  • Section 36(1) and (2)

  • County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 25 (N.I.))

  • Section 102(1)

  • Section 106 (1) and (3)

  • Section 107(1), (3) and (7)

  • Section 116(1)

  • Section 116A(3)(b), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6)

  • Section 127A(1)

  • Section 132

  • Section 132A(1), (2) and (4)

  • Section 134

  • Schedule 2A, paragraphs 2(1)(a), 11(1), 12(1) and 13(a)

  • Resident Magistrates' Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 2 (N.I.))

  • Section 2(1)

  • Section 2A(3)(b), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6)

  • Section 9A(1)

  • Section 16(1), (3) and (4)

  • Section 21A(1), (2) and (4)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 3(3)(a)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 2(a), 11(1), 12(1) and 13

  • Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 21 (N.I.))

  • Section 9(1)

  • Section 10(1)

  • Section 12(1)

  • Section 12A(2)

  • Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 29 (N.I.))

  • Section 1(2)

  • Section 2A(3)(b), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6)

  • Section 3(1) and (2)

  • Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 25 (N.I.))

  • Section 19(3)

  • Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c. 15)

  • Schedule 10, paragraphs 6(1), 7(2), (3) and (4), 7A(3)(b), (4)(a) and (b), (5) and (6)

  • Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

  • Section 7(4)

  • Section 12

  • Section 12B

  • Section 53(1)(f) and (2)

  • Section 54(1), (5) and (6)

  • Section 56(4)

  • Section 68(3), (5) and (6)

  • Section 70(1), (3), (5) and (6)

  • Section 71(4)

  • Section 72(3)

  • Section 74(1), (3) and (5)

  • Section 75(1), (7) and (9)

  • Section 82(1)

  • Section 103(3)

  • Section 116(1) and (2)

  • Section 117A

  • Section 123(2) and (3)

  • Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15))

  • Article 33(4C)

  • Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)

  • Schedule 1, Part 1

  • County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3))

  • Article 2(2)

  • In Article 46(1) as amended by section 73(2) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (g)

  • Article 46(4) and (5)

  • Article 59

  • Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26))

  • Article 6A(3)

  • Article 10(1)

  • Article 13(5)

  • Article 24(7)

  • Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1082 (N.I. 14))

  • Article 6(2)

  • Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4))

  • Article 104(5)

  • Schedule 3, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3

  • Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23))

  • Article 25(6)(a) and (7)

  • Article 26(2)(a), (3)(c) and (5)

  • Article 48(1)

  • Article 51(1)

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 1A, 3A(1) and 4

  • Judicial Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2631 (N.I. 24))

  • Article 1(2)

  • Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

  • Section 22(6)

  • Section 56(6)

  • Section 165(2)

  • Section 167(1)

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 7

  • Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20))

  • Article 30(1)(a)

  • Article 31(2)

  • Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6))

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1)(g), 6 and 9

  • Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))

  • Article 164(5)

  • Article 181

  • Article 183(3)

  • Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1))

  • Article 22(2)(a) and (b) and (4)(b)

  • Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

  • Section 91(6)

  • Schedule 11, paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 3(1) and (4), and 4

  • Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1071 (N.I. 6))

  • Article 36(1)

  • Article 40(1) and (2)

  • Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1074 (N.I. 7))

  • Article 7(8)

  • Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))

  • Article 6(1)

  • Article 7(1) and (4)

  • Article 15(12) and (13)

  • Article 74(2)

  • Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/ 3162 (N.I. 21))

  • Article 40(7)(b)

  • Article 82(1), (3) and (6)

  • Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

  • Article 40

  • Article 73(10) and (11)

  • Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.))

  • Schedule 7, paragraph 20(1) and (6)

  • Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26)

  • Section 2(2)

  • Section 3(2)(b)

  • Section 5(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7)

  • Section 9(1) and (11)

  • Section 12(3)

  • Section 19(4)

  • Section 50(5)

  • Section 51(3)

  • Schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2) and (3), 2(3) and (4), 3, 4(1), 5(5) and (6), 6 and 7(2) and (3)

  • Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9))

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 3(2)

  • Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4)

  • Schedule 3, paragraph 1(3)(a)

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